Multilingual collective hosts Swiss pavilion at Venice Biennale

An international collective will host the Swiss pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2026. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The theme will be living together as a social promise and a controversial form, said the cultural foundation Pro Helvetia. + Swiss arts outlook 2026: the perks of inequality The multimedia installation is entitled The Unfinished Business of Living Together. It was conceived by curators Gianmaria Andreetta and Luca Beeler in collaboration with artist Nina Wakeford, and developed in collaboration with artists Miriam Laura Leonardi, Lithic Allianc and Yul Tomatala. According to the press release, the installation was inspired by the voices of a programme, Telearena, broadcast on Swiss television in 1978. At the time, the so-called "problem of homosexuality" was the subject of a controversial debate in front of a live audience. This programme was one of the first to allow people who identified themselves as homosexuals to express ...